i need to buy a daybed for my spare room / office. something like this Modernica reproduction of the Nelson designed Case Study daybed manufactured by Herman Miller would be nice. something that costs less than the $1500 would be even nicer.

Sunday, May 13, 2007

i have a few criteria for deciding which items are donated.1) have i worn it in the past 2 years?2) does it have sentimental value?3) was it a gift from my mom / will she notice if it's no longer there / will i feel guilt either way?4) will i lose enough weight to wear it in the next year?

i forgot to document each item that i'm throwing out, but here is a sampling:

my goal is to slowly weed out all the things i don't like, buy fewer items each season (especially shoes), and hopefully these wardrobe purges won't be so depressing. everyone makes poor decisions about clothing purchases or changes enough over the years to no longer want to be that person who used to love those skirts and sweaters. but i really hate the idea of cheap disposable fashion because it implicates us in this crazy capitalistic game of exploitation, pollution, and short attention spans. the thought of throwing away clothing after a season or two is really repugnant to me. yet somehow over the past two years i've accumulated four pairs of ballet flats. granted they're all different, but why do i need four pairs? i feel like a well-edited wardrobe is an indicator of how well you know yourself. right now i feel like i'm a pretty messy, redundant, and indecisive person.

Tuesday, May 01, 2007

after numerous (10) attempts to buy an Ann Wood bird, i have finally succeeded. her name is Liberty, per the vintage Liberty fabric that the artist bought at a flea market. i can't wait to take all sorts of charming photos with Liberty outdoors.

Ann Wood bird, "Daily Bird" series, $44

by the way, if you've seen Junebug, the 'outsider' artwork was done by Ann.